Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bugalho Mine, São Brás Dos Matos, Alandroal, Évora, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 46819
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46819.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bugalho Mine, São Brás Dos Matos, Alandroal, Évora, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°41'8"N
Longitude: 7°19'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.685555555556,-7.3177777777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Alunite	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Cyanotrichite	Diaspore
Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sulphur	Symplesite	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise
Vivianite	Wavellite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Camérolaite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Copper ()*
Crandallite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ferrisymplesite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mansfieldite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Parasymplesite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Turquoise ()*
Wavellite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Arsenopyrite Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Cyanotrichite Diaspore
Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sulphur Symplesite Tetrahedrite Turquoise
Vivianite Wavellite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	280
Camérolaite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₆Al₃(OH)₁₈(H₂O)₂[Sb(OH)₆](SO₄)	15
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	77
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	310
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Ferrisymplesite ()*	Symplesite	Fe³⁺₃(AsO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	21
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mansfieldite ()*	None	Al(AsO₄)·2H₂O	42
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	492
Parasymplesite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	124
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	177
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	484
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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